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Patent JP-2003153002-A (JP)
Title: Image forming device and image forming method
Inventor: KITA HIROMI
IPC: H04N1/46
Filed: 2001-11-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device and method which acquires an optimum image by selecting a plurality of background color removing operations according to a print mode. SOLUTION: Image data is input to a fine area background color detector 204 and an entire area background color detector 205 in an image processor 104. The fine area background color detector 204 detects the background color of a fine area of the image data. The entire area background color detector 205 detects the background color of the entire surface of the image data and inputs it to a background color remover. Concurrently with the background color detection, the image data is subjected to enlarging or reducing operation and spatial filter correcting operation by an enlarger/reducer 201 and a spatial filter 202, and then input to the background color remover 203. And the background color remover 203 removes the background color of the image data on the basis of the background color level.
Patent JP-2003147325-A (JP)
Title: Surface-modified pressure-sensitive adhesive, surface modification method for pressure-sensitive adhesive, and pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet
Inventor: BABA NORIHIDE
IPC: C09J7/38
Filed: 2001-11-14
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surface-modified pressure-sensitive adhesive which has a surface modification layer fixed on the surface of a pressure-sensitive adhesive with a high adhesiveness; and a surface modification method for a pressure-sensitive adhesive. SOLUTION: This surface-modified pressure-sensitive adhesive has a surface modification layer formed from other polymer and physically fixed on the surface of a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be cross-linked in such a state that the molecular chains of the polymer of the surface modification layer are partially included by the pressure-sensitive adhesive by molecularly diffusing the polymer of the surface modification layer from the surface to the inside of a pressure-sensitive adhesive.  The surface modification method for a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises the step (A) of forming a surface modification layer from other polymer on the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive without physically fixing it; the step (B) of molecularly diffusing the polymer of the surface modification layer from the surface into the inside of the pressure-sensitive adhesive; and the step (C) of cross-linking the pressure-sensitive adhesive in such a state that the molecular chains of the polymer of the surface modification layer are partially included by the pressure-sensitive adhesive, thus physically fixing the surface modification layer on the surface of the pressure- sensitive adhesive.
Patent JP-2003144517-A (JP)
Title: Mist sauna structure for bathroom
Inventor: SAKO NORIYUKI
IPC: A47K4/00
Filed: 2001-11-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mist sauna structure for a bathroom in which a mist sauna can be lightly enjoyed. SOLUTION: The mist sauna structure for the bathroom comprises a mist nozzle body (1) which is extended in a substantially L shape profile and has a channel (10) from the wall part of the bathroom (16) to a ceiling part. A lower mounting part (5) opened with the lower part of the body (1) is engaged with a head water spraying part (7) disposed at the head part of a shower (2) to be connected to each other. Water is sprayed from the spraying part (7) so that the mist is sprayed from the spraying part (7) and output from the mist outlet (6) provided at the ceiling part of the body (1) via the channel (10).
Patent JP-2003150086-A (JP)
Title: Signboard
Inventor: OKUNO YOSHIAKI
IPC: G09F13/04
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a signboard which is free of differences in brightness and darkness on a display in spite of the signboard having a small thickness. SOLUTION: This signboard is a signboard provided with a case body 5 having the display 4 on the front surface of a fame 3 having a fluorescent lamp 1 and a light reflection plate 2, in which the fluorescent lamp 1 is provided with a cylindrical body 17 integrated with a light suppressing body 8 enclosing the front surface side of the fluorescent lamp 1 and a light transparent body 9 covering the rear surface side of the fluorescent lamp 1 and the frame 3 is provided with upwardly gradient means 7 and 10 for preventing useless reflection and the light reflection plate 2 is so formed as to overhang to the front surface side toward the end edge 3a of the frame as the plate parts increasingly from the fluorescent lamp 1.
Patent JP-2003153903-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonograph and operating device thereof
Inventor: OGASAWARA YOICHI
IPC: A61B8/14
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a physician or engineer to concentrate on diagnostic images to achieve efficient diagnosis by making full use of the advantages of a workflow system in relieving the physician or engineer of physical and mental stresses resulting from operating an ultrasonograph and making scans using an ultrasonic probe during operation of the workflow system. SOLUTION: The ultrasonograph includes an operating device 3 which can communicate with the ultrasonograph body 11 having an ultrasonic probe 12 connected thereto and which can be carried around by the operator of the ultrasonic probe 12 and the ultrasonograph body 11; and a system controller 15 which changes the operation of the ultrasonograph body 11 by executing a plurality of activities one by one according to a working procedure (workflow protocol) predetermining the order of executing the plurality of activities done through the operation of the ultrasonograph body 11, and which runs the workflow system 2 for changing the order of executing the activities according to operations made with the operating device 3.
Patent JP-2003156544-A (JP)
Title: Generation of compression test plan for testing integrated circuit, and test series generation and test
Inventor: HOSOKAWA TOSHINORI
IPC: G01R31/3183
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the scale of a circuit to be added for a test by reducing a test series length in a strong possibility inspection DFT method. SOLUTION: The test plan of each circuit element for composing a data path is subjected to scheduling in parallel in a form to be compressed, and a compression operation is made to generate a compression test plan (step 1006). A test series is generated by substituting the test pattern of each circuit element into the compression test plan.
Patent JP-2003162684-A (JP)
Title: Image recognition device, image recognition method, recording medium and program
Inventor: HOSHI JUNICHI
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maximize the sensitivity of an imaging means while ensuring image recognition function and to minimize the power consumption of a light source means that accounts for most of the total power consumption.  <P>SOLUTION: An image recognition device has a light source 12 with which a bar code reader illuminates an object, an image sensor 14 that takes an image on the object by converting a reflected light from the object to an electric signal, a control circuit 18 that performs control at least for the light sensor 12 and the imaging sensor 14, and an evaluation circuit 16 that evaluates about whether or not the image taken by the imaging sensor 14 is effective information. The control circuit 18 controls so as to maximize the sensitivity of the imaging sensor 14, and to minimize the quantity of light applied from the light source 12 in order to make the imaging sensor 14 take the image. If the evaluation circuit 16 evaluates and determines that the image taken is ineffective, the quantity of light applied from the light source 12 is increased.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003158312-A (JP)
Title: Magnetoresistive effect element, its producing method and magnetic memory
Inventor: YAMAMOTO TETSUYA
IPC: G01R33/09
Filed: 2001-11-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a magnetoresistive effect storage element in which the coercive force is prevented from increasing due to uneven structure by eliminating unevenness in the structure of a ferromagnetic material layer and the writing current to the storage element is reduced. SOLUTION: In the magnetoresistive effect storage element having a multilayer film structure sandwiching a nonmagnetic material layer 25 between two ferromagnetic material layers 24 and 26 and performing information recording utilizing variation of the magnetizing direction of one ferromagnetic material layer 24, at least one of the ferromagnetic material layers 24 and 26 has a single grain structure having no clear grain boundary represented by amorphous, for example.
Patent JP-2003158925-A (JP)
Title: Water supplier for flower stand
Inventor: TAKAYAMA YASUO
IPC: A47G35/00
Filed: 2001-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water supplier for a flower stand capable of replenishing a prescribed amount of water little by little with the decrease of the water in the flower stand and having a simple structure.  <P>SOLUTION: The water supplier has a ring form 1 having an inner cavity 3 and a center hole 2 for holding the stalk of a flower or a stem of a Sakaki tree (a sacred symbol of Shintoism) inserted into the hole. The ring has a seat 5 on the lower face to set the ring on the insertion port of a flower stand. An opening 6 connected to the cavity is properly formed between the seat 5 and the hole 2 to trickle a prescribed amount of water stored in the cavity through the opening 6.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003159699-A (JP)
Title: Hollow graphene sheet structure, electrode structure, method of manufacturing the same, and device
Inventor: KISHI KENTARO
IPC: H01J9/02
Filed: 2001-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel hollow graphene sheet structure and an electrode structure by simply treating, e.g. cutting, a hollow graphene sheet body without damaging the structure of the hollow graphene sheet body including a carbon nanotube, and realize the application of a hollow graphene sheet body such as a carbon nanotube to a micro device by using the electrode structure.  <P>SOLUTION: The hollow graphene sheet structure is characterized in that at least a pair of hollow graphene sheets are arranged in a contiguous form, and the ends on the side adjoining each other of the pair of hollow graphene sheets face each other across a gap.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003160562-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing 2- or 4-monosubstituted pyridine and method for producing and separating 4- monosubstituted pyridine or its salt selectively
Inventor: TANAKA MASAHIDE
IPC: C07D213/06
Filed: 2001-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an industrial method for producing a 2- or 4- monosubstituted pyridine and a method for separating the 4-monosubstituted pyridine or its salt selectively.  <P>SOLUTION: In the method for producing 2- or 4-monosubstituted pyridine, 1,4- or 1,2-disubstituted dihydropyridine is reacted with a compound selected from a group of (1) manganese dioxide (MnO<SB>2</SB>; when (1) is used, the reaction temperature is 70-200°C), (2) MnO<SB>2</SB>and trimethylsilylchloride, (3) MnO<SB>2</SB>and hydrochloric acid, (4) bromine and (5) a transition metal salt and hydrogen peroxide. In the method for separating 4-monosubstituted pyridine or its salt selectively, a mixture of 2-monosubstituted pyridine and 4-monosubstituted pyridine obtained by the producing method is reacted with an acid to precipitate the salt of 4-monosubstituted pyridine selectively.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003162681-A (JP)
Title: Price collection surrogate system and method therefor
Inventor: HOSODA JUN
IPC: G06Q20/10
Filed: 2001-11-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate price collection of a membership fee or the like and management of membership information.  <P>SOLUTION: A server 5 is operated by a service provider who mainly offers this invented service and, in response to access from terminals 1, 2, 3, provides a Web page for registering a group and a member, and for performing maintenance of registered group information and registered membership information or the like. The server 5 accumulates the registered group information and membership information in a database 6. According to the group information and the membership information, the server 5 collects a designated amount at a specified date from a server 7 of a card company or a server 8 of a bank, adds up the collected amounts for each group, and transfers an amount obtained by subtracting a given charge from the total amount into the bank account of the group.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003164952-A (JP)
Title: Conical ladle for centrifugal casting
Inventor: UMEMOTO KOSAKU
IPC: B22D35/00
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that a molten metal outlet of a conical type ladle for centrifugal casting is damaged by thermal shock and the like and must be mended for each casting.  <P>SOLUTION: The molten metal outlet 2, i.e., a head of a tilting base 1 of the conical type ladle, is formed by a compound refractory layer together with an inner iron plate 21 installed vertically on an enclosed iron plate 11 up to the top surface of a refractory mortar 13, a porous iron plate 22 fastened perpendicular to the enclosed iron plate 11 in parallel with the inner iron plate 21 at intervals, which is integrally bonded to the inner iron plate 21 by using both a front refractory mortar 25 covering both sides of the iron plate while filling and communicating numerous porosity 23 of the iron plate and a rear refractory mortar 24. As the integrally bonded compound refractory layer will not be fallen off even if a gap or a crack is generated when used, it may bring a marked improvement in durability than ever before. In practice, an open area ratio of the porous iron plate is 5-35%, most desirably 20%.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003167049-A (JP)
Title: Radar device
Inventor: YAMAMOTO KAZUHIKO
IPC: F41G7/24
Filed: 2001-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radar device, capable of obtaining doppler frequency distribution with high resolving power using a reflection signal change depending on the relative position of a target and a reflection signal change depending on a transmit frequency change.  <P>SOLUTION: This radar device includes a mode switching means 509, a means 12 for setting radiation timing of a tracking pulse to each target, a tracking means 512, a means 513 for accumulating tracking information, a means 514 for setting an observation target in each radiation timing from targets related to the tracking information, a means 11 for controlling an antenna 504 to apply a pulse beam to the observation target, a means 13 for extracting a receive signal according to the radiation timing, an FFT means 507 for Fourier-converting the receive signal to obtain a doppler frequency distribution, a search means 510, and a switch 605 for switching and outputting the receive signal according to the tracking and searching mode.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003171747-A (JP)
Title: Magnetostrictive material
Inventor: NOMURA TAKESHI
IPC: B22F3/02
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetostrictive material in which precipitation of hetero-phases is suppressed in the structure of an ultra-magnetostrictive alloy consisting of rare earths and transition metals and which has excellent magnetostrictive properties.  <P>SOLUTION: The magnetostrictive material is represented by the formula: RT<SB>w</SB>(wherein, R is one or more rare-earth metals; T is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni and Co; and w represents atomic ratio and satisfies 1.50≤w≤2.30) and manufactured by a powder metallurgy process. This magnetostrictive material has a structure which consists of an RT<SB>2</SB>main phase and one or more hetero-phases including a phase composed essentially of R and in which the ratio between the phase composed essentially of R and the RT<SB>2</SB>main phase, [R]/[RT<SB>2</SB>], satisfies 0<[R]/[RT<SB>2</SB>]≤0.45.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003154801-A (JP)
Title: Bearing device for wheel
Inventor: UMEKIDA HIKARI
IPC: F16C19/18
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device for a wheel that improves the side surface runout precision of a brake rotor on the wheel bearing device. SOLUTION: A rolling bearing houses double rows of rolling elements 20 between an inner member 1 and an outer member 10 to rotatably support a wheel relative to a vehicle body, and a hub ring 2 of the inner member 1 has a wheel mounting flange 5 to which the wheel is coupled. The wheel mounting flange 5 has an annular groove 7 of a given width enough to contain hub bolts 6, and a side 5a of the wheel mounting flange 5, except for the annular groove 7, is a secondary machined surface finished after the hub bolts 6 are pressed in. The wheel bearing device thus improves the side surface runout precision of a brake rotor.
Patent JP-2003171540-A (JP)
Title: Polyester resin composition for profile extrusion molding and molded article using the same
Inventor: NISHIDA MITSUO
IPC: B29K67/00
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polyester resin composition which can be extruded without sagging and can give a profile extrudate having a high clarity and excellent resistances to solvents and detergents.  <P>SOLUTION: This polyester resin composition for profile extrusion molding contains (A) 30-97 pts.wt. amorphous polyester and at least either (B) a crystalline polyester or (C) a nucleating agent. Preferably, both ingredients (B) and (C) are contained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003179017-A (JP)
Title: Polisher and polishing pad dressing method therein
Inventor: FUJITA TAKASHI
IPC: B24B53/017
Filed: 2001-12-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polishing pad dressing method which can dress a polishing pad uniformly and stably.  <P>SOLUTION: A dressing method for a polishing pad, in a polisher 10 which polishes a work by bringing the work into contact with a polishing pad 20 while slurry is supplied, includes a step in which the polishing pad 20 is dressed by a first pad dresser 94 and a step in which the polishing pad 20 is dressed by a second pad dresser 96 having a slower pad removing speed than the first pad dresser 94.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003183837-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device manufacturing process and substrate treating device
Inventor: MIZUNO KANEKAZU
IPC: C23C16/52
Filed: 2001-12-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the quality and yield of a semiconductor device by inhibiting the generation of particles during a temperature-rising step in semiconductor manufacturing.  <P>SOLUTION: A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises a temperature-rising step wherein the temperature of a substrate held by a substrate-holding device is resin to a treatment temperature in a reaction chamber, a vacuumizing step wherein the reaction chamber is vacuumized and a treatment step wherein a treatment gas is fed to the reaction chamber to treat the substrate. Here, the pressure inside the reaction chamber in the temperature- rising step is set higher than that in the vacuumizing step but lower than the atmospheric pressure.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003135284-A (JP)
Title: Device for cooking and keeping warmth of food such as sweet potato
Inventor: SEO TAKASHI
IPC: A47J39/00
Filed: 2001-11-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cook a sweet potato to its interior in a short time and to provide a customer with a baked sweet potato without waiting time. SOLUTION: A perforated tray 13 disposed in a cooking chamber 12 disposed in a device body 11, and the sweet potatoes are placed on the tray 13 and cooked by a far-infrared heater 14. A heat keeping chamber 15 made of stainless steel is provided adjoining the device body 11, and a face 15a adjoining the device body 11 of the heat keeping chamber 15 is provided with heat radiating holes 15b, 15c, 15d to keep warm the sweet potatoes heated using hot air generated from the cooking chamber 12.
Patent JP-2002241277-A (JP)
Title: Blood lipid-improving composition
Inventor: OSAWA TSUNEOKI
IPC: A61P3/06
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an excellent blood lipid-improving agent. SOLUTION: This blood lipid-improving agent composition contains simvastatin, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of riboflavin compounds, tocopherol compounds, ascorbic acid compounds, pantethine and taurine.
Patent JP-2003187148-A (JP)
Title: Processing system of advertisement information by customer
Inventor: KAWAKAMI KAZUHIKO
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2001-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processing system of advertisement information by customer capable of independently performing the information exchange with a user of an information providing service to timely provide the information wanted by the user to the user.  <P>SOLUTION: The processing system comprises a customer basic information collecting means for collecting the personal information of the owner of a card registered in the database of the computer system 41 of a card issuing institute having valuable information as customer basic information through a communication network 1; a customer information collecting means for collecting information including the taste information of the card owner as a Web member through a personal homepage provided every Web member as customer information; and a providing means of information by customer for analyzing the need of the Web member on the basis of the customer basic information and customer information to select a member store treating a commodity or event suitable to the Web member from member stores, and placing the information for the content of the member store in the personal homepage to provide information for the Web member.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002249518-A (JP)
Title: Ethylenic polymer
Inventor: ISHIHAMA YOSHIYUKI
IPC: C08J5/00
Filed: 2001-12-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ethylenic polymer which is excellent in processibility represented by homogeneous stretchability, draw-down resistance, swellability, and extrudability and is excellent in mechanical properties represented by stiffness, impact resistance, and ESCR, especially an ethylenic polymer which is excellent in the balance between stiffness and ESCR in comparison with a known ethylenic polymer. SOLUTION: This polymer is an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene with a 3-20C α-olefin and has a melt index (HLMI) of 0.1-1,000 g/10 min at 190 deg.C under a load of 21.6 kg, a density (d) of 0.935-0.985 g/cm<3> , a relation of HLMI with d satisfying inequality (i): d>=0.00900×Log(HLMI)+0.951, and a relation of ESCR with a flexural modulus (M) satisfying inequality (ii): M>=-7,310×log(ESCR)+32,300.